Amidst the wealth of online resources at our fingertips about children’s and YA books — favourite blogs, author websites, nerdy bookclubs, twitter streams and newspaper pages, there is still a place for structured, objective, comprehensive and reliable review journals.

As more digital resources become available, we're all very aware of the need to promote them. There are many ways we can do this in the digital environment — Twitter, Facebook, blog, website — the list is endless. However, equally important is the promotion you do within your school library.

The Colorado Department of Education developed The Highly Effective School Library Program rubricto help foster and encourage partnerships and collaborations between teacher-librarians and administrators, and between schools and the wider community.

After surveying students it has become clear that the library website will focus on providing access to curated resources, reputable databases, and informing students about new releases to encourage reading. Tami now moves onto choosing a website building tool.